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The Swedish home appliance manufacturer will invest €130 million with special focus on new technologies in a relaunch of its refrigerator facility where 800 work. In return, an agreement signed on 20 June by management and the trade unions (Fioma-Cgil, Fim-Cisl, and Uilm) paves the way for a new type of work organization where workers will work less, maintain the same salaries, and operate within a new system comprising three 6-hour shifts per day including Saturdays. In sum this will result in workers working 36 hours while being paid for 40. “The introduction of the 6x6x3 system in response to production requirements” was accepted by the unions, despite the impact on work-life balance, “because it provides the best way to safeguard jobs,” the agreement states. The agreement will be submitted to the employees on 02 July. It also includes new production rates (94 units per hour), three ten minute breaks per day, career-related up-skilling for 120 workers, and a new joint body to manage the new work organization. In addition the agreement outlines a voluntary departure plan expected to affect 60 workers as part of generational renewal.
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